Once it starts, regardless of the time of day, it clicks for several hours in a row at intervals of about 45-60 seconds at its tightest, for as long as it continues. Right now the intervals between clicks are significantly longer. And from my experience, it will soon go completely silent. It will start up again in the evening or by morning.
It sounds like tapping a little on a kitchen counter with the round end of a teaspoon handle. A bit more muffled.
I can't say that it's dependent on either the indoor or outdoor temperature.
I know that inside the wall where the clicking happens, the ventilation pipe for the sewer is routed. From the crawl space up through the inner and outer roof of the single-story house.
Crawl space, so-called ytonglåda. Like an upside-down shoebox built from 4-meter reinforced Ytong beams.
The house is built on top of this with half-timbered façade/outer wall, free-standing from the framework.
Is it the thermal expansion in the ventilation pipe causing the clicking?
This despite the temperature in the crawl space being stable around 9 degrees and indoors around 22 degrees. Some variation indoors since we heat with wood.
Above the roof, between the attic insulation among other places and the outer roof passage, there is no insulation around the pipe. So there the temperature variation is greater. It is affected by the outer temperature.
It sounds like tapping a little on a kitchen counter with the round end of a teaspoon handle. A bit more muffled.
I can't say that it's dependent on either the indoor or outdoor temperature.
I know that inside the wall where the clicking happens, the ventilation pipe for the sewer is routed. From the crawl space up through the inner and outer roof of the single-story house.
Crawl space, so-called ytonglåda. Like an upside-down shoebox built from 4-meter reinforced Ytong beams.
The house is built on top of this with half-timbered façade/outer wall, free-standing from the framework.
Is it the thermal expansion in the ventilation pipe causing the clicking?
This despite the temperature in the crawl space being stable around 9 degrees and indoors around 22 degrees. Some variation indoors since we heat with wood.
Above the roof, between the attic insulation among other places and the outer roof passage, there is no insulation around the pipe. So there the temperature variation is greater. It is affected by the outer temperature.
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Persistent woodborer, also known as deathwatch beetle..?
Now I have found a connection.
Cold at night, around -10 degrees. At 12 o'clock, the temperature rises in the nice sunny weather. 0 degrees.
No snow on the roof.
Just now the creaking starts! Quite loud
So it's about the temperature in the uninsulated attic affecting the uninsulated vent pipe to the sewage system.
Cold at night, around -10 degrees. At 12 o'clock, the temperature rises in the nice sunny weather. 0 degrees.
No snow on the roof.
Just now the creaking starts! Quite loud
So it's about the temperature in the uninsulated attic affecting the uninsulated vent pipe to the sewage system.
Stopped snapping towards the evening.
Minus 11 degrees outside this morning.
Still burning the fire at 10 AM.
Completely quiet so far.
The sun shines on the black snow-free Regent Planja roof, which is battened over the existing Shingel roof.
At 11 AM, today's snapping starts. Now once every half-minute.
Minus 11 degrees outside this morning.
Still burning the fire at 10 AM.
Completely quiet so far.
The sun shines on the black snow-free Regent Planja roof, which is battened over the existing Shingel roof.
At 11 AM, today's snapping starts. Now once every half-minute.
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Have you lived in the house for a long time? What I'm wondering is if this is a new phenomenon that hasn't existed in previous years. Or are you newly moved in, so you're just not noticing the creaking yet?
It's very common for the heating system to creak if any of the pipes lie against wood somewhere. The sound easily spreads throughout the house and often sounds unreasonably loud, in some cases so bad that one might think someone is hammering at the other end of the house. It’s also not easy to inspect where the problem arises since the heating pipes often run beneath the floor. Additionally, the problem usually gets worse in the spring and fall when the temperature fluctuates a lot because the heating system switches between sending out hot water at night and then not heating anything at all during the day, only to send out hot water again in the evening.
It's very common for the heating system to creak if any of the pipes lie against wood somewhere. The sound easily spreads throughout the house and often sounds unreasonably loud, in some cases so bad that one might think someone is hammering at the other end of the house. It’s also not easy to inspect where the problem arises since the heating pipes often run beneath the floor. Additionally, the problem usually gets worse in the spring and fall when the temperature fluctuates a lot because the heating system switches between sending out hot water at night and then not heating anything at all during the day, only to send out hot water again in the evening.
Lived in the house since '93.
Installed a new roof three years ago.
The creaking is identified to a single place in the house. About 1 meter above the interior floor of the residence, specifically in the wall, probably a shaft for the sewer ventilation pipe, one might think.
Started a little bit about a year ago. But a weak creak, like some movement in the house's structure, very rarely.
In the last few months, about 1 or 2 times a minute when it's happening.
Presumably, it will continue until tonight.
Direct electric heating not in use. Heating with a larger soapstone stove.
As far as I know, there's only one larger water pipe made of gray plastic for venting the sewage system. This vents under a metal cap on the roof.
Installed a new roof three years ago.
The creaking is identified to a single place in the house. About 1 meter above the interior floor of the residence, specifically in the wall, probably a shaft for the sewer ventilation pipe, one might think.
Started a little bit about a year ago. But a weak creak, like some movement in the house's structure, very rarely.
In the last few months, about 1 or 2 times a minute when it's happening.
Presumably, it will continue until tonight.
Direct electric heating not in use. Heating with a larger soapstone stove.
As far as I know, there's only one larger water pipe made of gray plastic for venting the sewage system. This vents under a metal cap on the roof.
Now it is evening and calm.
I believe there is ent5 suspension of the pipe, that is where it snaps. It probably has to do with the pipe's length expansion in relation to the temperature in the attic, which likely varies between 0 degrees and 10-15 during the winter.
I believe there is ent5 suspension of the pipe, that is where it snaps. It probably has to do with the pipe's length expansion in relation to the temperature in the attic, which likely varies between 0 degrees and 10-15 during the winter.